EP1346934B1 - Sheet take-out apparatus - Google Patents

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EP1346934B1
EP1346934B1 EP03251023A EP03251023A EP1346934B1 EP 1346934 B1 EP1346934 B1 EP 1346934B1 EP 03251023 A EP03251023 A EP 03251023A EP 03251023 A EP03251023 A EP 03251023A EP 1346934 B1 EP1346934 B1 EP 1346934B1
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Yoshihiko C/O Intellectual Property Div. Naruoka
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/46—Supplementary devices or measures to assist separation or prevent double feed
    • B65H3/52—Friction retainers acting on under or rear side of article being separated
    • B65H3/5246—Driven retainers, i.e. the motion thereof being provided by a dedicated drive
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/02—Separating articles from piles using friction forces between articles and separator
    • B65H3/06—Rollers or like rotary separators
    • B65H3/0623—Rollers or like rotary separators acting at least during a part of each separation cycle on the articles in a direction opposite to the final separating direction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/02—Separating articles from piles using friction forces between articles and separator
    • B65H3/06—Rollers or like rotary separators
    • B65H3/063—Rollers or like rotary separators separating from the bottom of pile
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
    • B65H2701/1912—Banknotes, bills and cheques or the like

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  • This invention relates to a sheet take-out apparatus that takes out accumulated sheets, for example, banknotes and the like by separating them one by one in a sheet sorting and arranging apparatus.
  • a friction type apparatus to take out sheets by a friction force of rubber rollers is known.
  • an apparatus is able to take out sheets stably without being affected by thickness and friction coefficient of sheets and further, in the case of banknotes, an apparatus is not affected by difference in kinds and sizes.
  • an apparatus capable of taking out a large number of sheets within a unit time is desired.
  • a sheet take-out apparatus using separation rollers as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-53234, filed on Feb. 19, 2002 is developed.
  • This sheet take-out apparatus comprises sending rollers to send out sheets from a supply portion, take-out rollers to take out the sheets sent out, and separation rollers kept in contact with the take-out rollers, and given with reversing torque in the direction reverse to the sheet take-out direction, separate sheets one by one.
  • this type of sheet take-out apparatus uses separation rollers that are given with a reverse torque in the direction reverse to the take-out direction of sheets and these separation rollers are worn away gradually.
  • the separation rollers are worn away, their diameters become small and tangential power in the reverse direction at a point where the separation rollers are in contact with the take-out rollers will become large. That is, the contacting pressure between the take-out rollers and the separation rollers decreases from a value that is optimum set for new rollers and the tangential power of the separation roller increase.
  • US 2001/0020765A1 discloses a sheet take-out apparatus of this kind including: a pickup roller to send out sheets; a take-out roller to take out the sheets sent out by the pickup roller; a separation roller that is pressure fit to the take-out roller and separates the sheets one by one by applying revolving torque in the direction reverse to the take-out direction of the sheets; and a support member that is supporting the separation roller and move according to change in the diameter of the separation roller.
  • the separation rollers turn in the sheet conveying direction.
  • the number of turns decrease and the rollers are finally disabled to turn, and repeat the reversing and stopping.
  • the number of sliding frictions generated with the separation rollers when taking out sheets will increase and the separation rollers are worn away at an accelerating pace and finally, disabled to take out sheets.
  • the present invention provides a sheet take-out apparatus comprising: a pickup roller arranged to send out sheets; a take-out roller arranged to receive the sheets sent out by the pickup roller; a separation roller which provides pressure to the take-out roller and separates the received sheets one by one by applying a rotating torque in the direction reverse to the receiving direction of the sheets, characterized by further comprising: a detector for detecting the speed of rotation of the separation roller; and a controller arranged to reduce the rotating torque of the separation roller when the detector detects a change of the speed of rotation of the separation roller.
  • FIG. 1 is a typical internal construction diagram showing a banknote sorting processor involved in the first embodiment.
  • a table portion 1A At the one side central portion of a housing 1, there is provided a table portion 1A.
  • This table 1A is provided with a banknote supply portion 2.
  • Plural banknotes P is housed in the banknote supply portion 2 in the erected state.
  • the banknotes P are pushed against pickup rollers 5 that are sending rollers by a backup plate 4 that is a push-in means biased by a spring 3.
  • the banknotes P is sent out downward when the pickup rollers 5 are rotated.
  • Banknotes P taken out from the conveying portion 37 are conveyed by a clamping type conveying unit 7 composed of a belt 6a and plural rollers 6b.
  • the conveying unit 7 is provided with a posture correction device 8 that automatically corrects the shift and skew of taken out banknotes P.
  • a posture correction device 8 for example, a posture correction device disclosed in U.S. Patent Application No. 09/899,851, filed on July 9, 2001 can be applied.
  • a discriminator 9 At the downstream side in the banknote conveying direction of the conveying unit 7, there is a discriminator 9. This discriminator 9 reads out various data from the surface of a banknote P being conveyed on a roller pair 10.
  • the discriminator 9 discriminates banknotes taken in two sheets, presence of stain, tear or break, kind of banknote, four directions of top, bottom, front and back by the logical operations of various data and comparison of the data obtained by the logical operations with data that become reference.
  • a first gate 11 that functions as a switching means.
  • This first gate 11 that is a switching means leads banknotes that cannot be discriminated as proper banknotes P, for example, banknotes taken in two sheets at a time, banknotes that are skewed over a specified level to an rejection box 12.
  • the first gate 11 leads banknotes that are judged to be proper banknotes to a second gate 13 that is a switching means.
  • the second gate 13 branches the conveying direction of banknotes into first and second directions.
  • first direction there is provided with a both sides reversing path 14.
  • This both sides reversing path 14 has a twist belt 15 that reverses banknotes by 180° in the left and right directions.
  • the front and back reversing device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 1991-58984 (Published on Sep. 9, 1991) is applicable.
  • second direction there is provided a simple belt conveyor 16 that conveys banknotes P in the as is state.
  • the banknotes branched and conveyed in the first and second directions are jointed in a joining portion 17.
  • the path lengths of the first and second directions to the joining portion 17 are equal to each other and a space between banknotes in both baths is not shifted after joined.
  • a third gate 18 that is a switching means.
  • the conveying direction of banknotes P is branched into third and fourth directions by this third gate 18.
  • a switchback path portion 19 is provided in the third direction.
  • This switchback path portion 19 is provided with a reversing box 20 that introduces banknotes P and a tapping wheel 21 that pushes the rear ends of the banknotes P led into the reversing box 20 against a reversing roller 21a.
  • a simple belt conveyor 22 is provided and banknotes P are conveyed while being kept in that posture.
  • the banknotes branched and conveyed in the third and fourth directions are joined in the joining portion 23.
  • the lengths of the branch paths are kept the same up to the joining portion 23 are equal and a space between the joined banknote groups is not shifted.
  • a horizontal conveying path 24 is provided at the downstream side in the banknote conveying direction of the joining portion 23 .
  • gates 25a-25d in the number less than the number of portions to be divided by one are arranged.
  • first through fourth stackers 26a-26d are arranged as banknote stackers.
  • Banknotes P are stacked in the horizontal state in the stackers 26a-26d.
  • This banding device 27 has a stacker 28 that sorts and stacks banknotes P by 100 sheets, a conveying portion 28a to convey banknotes from the stacker 28 and a winding portion 29 that winds banknotes P conveyed by the conveying portion 28a with a paper strip 29a.
  • FIG. 2 shows the construction of a banknote take-out apparatus that is a sheet take-out apparatus.
  • This banknote take-out apparatus is composed of pickup rollers 5 and 5, separation portion 32 and conveying portion 37.
  • the pickup rollers 5 and 5, separation portion 32 and conveying portion 37 are arranged along the vertical direction.
  • the separation portion 32 is equipped with take-out rollers 30 and 30. Separation rollers (reversing rollers) 31 and 31 are pushed against the take-out rollers 30 and 30.
  • the conveying portion 37 is located below the take-out rollers 30 and 30 and is provided with driver rollers 34 and 34 that are conveying rollers. Pinch rollers 35 and 35 that are also conveying rollers are kept in contact with the driver rollers 34 and 34. Banknotes P are pulled out and conveyed by the driver rollers 34 and 34 and the pinch rollers 35 and 35.
  • One each of the pickup roller 5, take-out roller 30, separation roller 31, driver roller 34 and pinch roller 35 are arranged at the left and right sides, and banknotes P are taken out along the shorter direction.
  • a rubber layer 36b is formed on the peripheral surfaces of the take-out rollers 30 of the separation portion 32, and the take-out rollers are mounted to a shaft 36 through a one-way clutch 30a.
  • the take-out rollers 30 are able to rotate freely in the banknote P take-out direction so as to reduce resistance when banknotes P are pulled out by the driver rollers 34 and pinch rollers 35.
  • the shaft 36 is mounted to frames 39 through a bearing 38.
  • a take-out motor 41 is connected to one end of the shaft 36 through the pulley 40a, timing belt 40b and pulley 40c.
  • the one-way clutch was provided to the take-out roller 30a.
  • the take-out rollers may be fixed to the shaft 36
  • the one-way clutch 30a can be provided to the timing pulley 40a so that it is able to turn between the shaft 36 and the pulley 40a.
  • a shaft 43 of the pickup roller 5 is connected to a shaft 46 through a pulley 45a, timing belt 45b and pulley 45c.
  • the shaft 46 are supported at both ends by frames 39 and 39.
  • a pickup motor 49 is connected to one end of the shaft 46 through a pulley 48a, timing belt 48b and pulley 48c.
  • the shaft 43 is mounted to a bracket 51 rotatably and the bracket 51 is mounted to a bracket 53 through a shaft 52.
  • the bracket 53 is attached to the frames 39 and 39 through the shaft 46 and is able to rotated to the left and right. Between the bracket 51 and a stay 55, a compression spring is provided. Thus, the pickup rollers 5 and 5 provided at the left and right sides to generate uniform pushing force to banknotes P by slightly changing the positions horizontally as well as vertically.
  • All peripheral surfaces of the separation rollers 31 are formed by rubber and a friction coefficient used for the separation rollers 31 to banknotes P is higher than that between banknotes P.
  • the separation roller 31 is installed rotatably to the top of a swing arm 59 that is a supporting member through a shaft 58.
  • the mid portion of the swing arm 59 is supported by a shaft 60 that is a supporting portion (FIG. 7).
  • the swing arm 59 is biased by a spring 62 (FIG. 7) and pushes the separation roller 31 against the take-out roller 30. Further, the swing arm 59 will be explained later in detail using FIG. 7.
  • a reverse motor 64 is connected to a shaft 58 of the separation roller 31, a reverse motor 64 is connected through a pulley 63a, timing belt 63b and pulley 63c.
  • the reverse motor 64 rotates the separation roller 31 in the reverse direction to the take-out direction of banknotes P.
  • the separation roller 31 rotates in the take-out direction jointly with the take-out roller 30 but the reversing torque is applied in the reverse direction and generates a separation force to banknotes P.
  • the pitch diameter of the timing pulley 63a fixed to the shaft 58 of the separation roller 31 is the same as that of the timing pulley 63c attached to a drive shaft 64a of the reverse motor 64. Further, the reverse motor 64 is fixed to a stay 67 so that the shaft center of the shaft 60 of the swing arm 59 is positioned on the shaft center of its drive shaft 64a.
  • the driver rollers 34 swing by the frames 39 and 39 through the shaft 69.
  • the shaft 69 is connected to a conveyor motor 71 through a pulley 70a, a timing belt 70b and a pulley 70c.
  • the pinch rollers 35 are supported rotatably by a shaft 73. Both ends of the shaft 73 are supported by horizontal slits 39a of the frames 39 and 39 and are biased by a spring 74. By this biasing, the pinch rollers 35 are pushed against the driver rollers 34 and generate a conveying force.
  • a first detector 76 is provided as a detecting means for detecting banknotes P sent out from the take-out rollers 30 and the separation rollers 31.
  • a second detector 77 is provided as a second detecting means to detect banknotes P sent out from the driver rollers 34 and the pinch rollers 35.
  • the first and second detectors 76 and 77 are, for example, light transmission type light sensors and attached to a bracket 79, respectively.
  • a third detector that is an optical detector for detecting presence of banknotes P in the banknote supply portion 2.
  • the optical axis of the first detector 76 passes through the conveying path between the contacting portion of the take-out roller 30 and the separation roller 31 and the contacting portion of the driver roller 34 and the pinch roller 35.
  • the optical axis of the second detector 77 passes through the conveying path immediately after the contacting portion of the driver roller 34 with the pinch roller 35.
  • pick-up motor 49 and conveying motor 71 are connected with drivers 81, 82 and 83 are connected, respectively.
  • the drivers 81, 82 and 83 are connected to a controller 85, respectively.
  • the take-out motor 41 and the pick-up motor 49 require the intermittent drive control and a pulse motor is used for this purpose.
  • Drivers 89a and 89b are connected to the left and right reverse motors 64.
  • the drivers 89a and 89b are connected to a controller 85, respectively.
  • the reverse motor 64 is a DC motor capable of controlling driving current and is able to obtain required generating torque by setting a driving current value.
  • a driving amplifier 90 is connected to the first and second detectors 76 and 77 for detecting the passage of banknotes and sends this information to the controller 85.
  • FIG. 3-FIG. 6 are typical diagrams of the separation portion 32 showing the principle of generating the separation force.
  • FIG. 3 shows that there is no banknote P between the take-out roller 30 and the separation roller 31, and the separation roller 31 is rotating in the conveying direction with the rotation of the take-out roller 30.
  • the separation roller 31 is pushed against the take-out roller 30 by a prescribed pushing pressure H and is applied with a reversing torque T by the reverse motor 64.
  • the reversing motor 64 slips and the separation roller 31 is rotating in the conveying direction.
  • FIG. 4 shows that one sheet of banknote P is between the take-out roller 30 and the separation roller 31.
  • the reversing torque T is set smaller than the torque applied to the separation roller 31 by the tangential force generated by the friction force between a banknote P and the separation roller 31, the separation roller 31 is rotating in the conveying direction through the banknote P.
  • FIG. 5 shows a case wherein two sheets of banknote P are present between the take-out roller 30 and the separation roller 31.
  • a friction force generated between banknotes P1 and P2 is small, a torque of the reverse motor 64 is higher and the separation roller 31 begins to reverse in the conveying direction.
  • FIG. 6 shows the state wherein the second banknote P2 is pulled back by the reverse rotation of the reverse motor 64.
  • the state shown in FIG. 6 is almost the same as the state shown in FIG. 4 and the first banknote P1 is conveyed.
  • the second banknote P2 is pulled back and the first banknote P1 only is taken out.
  • the state shown in FIG. 5 and the state shown in FIG. 6 are repeated whenever the first banknote P1 is taken out and banknotes P are separated one by one and taken out.
  • the tangential force applied to the second banknote P2 from the separation roller 31 acts as a separation power. From these tangential force and pressure power, an apparent friction coefficient of the separation roller becomes a pushing pressure of (a reversing torque/a radius of a separation roller)/the separation roller. AS the pushing pressure of the separation roller 31 is constant by the spring power, an apparent friction coefficient of a reversing torque can be maintained constant by controlling a reversing torque constant and a stabilized separation power can be provided.
  • an apparent friction coefficient can be set at any level by changing a reversing torque. Friction coefficients of the take-out roller 30 and the separation roller 31 higher than that between banknotes P1 and P2 are preferred. If the friction coefficients of the take-out roller 30 and the separation roller 31 are high, it is possible to maintain sending and separation powers at a stabilized level.
  • the separation roller 31 does not always generate a slip with banknotes P like the gate roller and principally, there is no slip with banknotes P and therefore, it is advantageous as far as abrasion resistance is concerned. Actually, the separation roller 31 causes the slip against the take-out roller 30 and banknotes P. It is preferred to select durable materials by taking this into consideration.
  • FIG. 7 shows the details of the swing arm 59 and the layout of rollers in a banknote take-out apparatus.
  • the separation roller 31 is mounted rotatably on the top of the swing arm 59 through the shaft 58 and the middle portion of the swing arm 59 is supported rotatably by the shaft 60 that is a supporting portion on the same straight line as the center of the rotary shaft of the separation roller 31.
  • the swing arm 59 pushes the separation roller 31 against the take-out roller 30 as compressed by the spring 62.
  • the swing arm 59 swings in the arrow direction X (the horizontal direction orthogonal to the conveying direction) with the shaft 60 as a supporting point according to the change in a diameter of the separation roller 31.
  • the swing arm 59 At the lower end (the top) of the swing arm 59, there is a long slit portion 59a formed in its swing direction X. On this slit portion 59a, plural long slit holes (transparent holes, two pieces in this embodiment) S1 and S2 provided side by side in the swing direction X at a prescribed space. The slit holes S1 and S2 are used for detecting the position of the swing arm 59.
  • detectors 91 and 92 are provided side by side in the swing direction at a prescribed space.
  • the detectors 91 and 92 are composed of a light source and a light receiving element provided opposing to each other with the slit portion 59a put between them.
  • the light axes of the detectors 91 and 92 cross or cut off the slit holes.
  • the outputs of the detectors 91 and 92 are supplied to the controller 85 (FIG. 2) through the driving amplifier 90 (FIG. 2).
  • the detecting state of the detectors 91 and 92 change as shown in FIG. 9A-FIG. 9D. That is, when the separate roller 31 is a new product, the light axis of the detector 91 was cut off by the slit portion 59a and the light axis of the detector 92 crossed the slit hole S2 as shown in FIG. 9A. When the diameter of the separation roller 31 is reduced by abrasion, etc., the light axes of the detectors 91 and 92 cross the slit holes S1 and S2 as shown in FIG. 9B.
  • the control data table is composed of correlation among command value, diameter of the separation roller, tangent power, reversing torque and driving current as shown in FIG. 8. That is, in order to maintain tangential force always constant even when the diameter of the separation roller decreases, current to be supplied to the motor 64 is selected step by step so as to decrease a reversing torque that is given to the separation roller 31. According to this control data table, the diameter of a new separation roller 31 is 25 mm and the driving current supplied to the motor 64 is 0.75A.
  • the pickup rollers 5 are in contact with banknotes P pressed by the backup plate, supply the banknotes P into the separation portion 32 and take out the banknotes P in cooperation with the take-out rollers 30.
  • the reversing torque is applied to the separation rollers 31 during the take-out operation but when there is no banknote P, the reversing torque is so set to rotate the separation rollers 31 with the rotation of the take-out rollers 30.
  • the layout of rollers is important and the following points are taken into consideration. That is, supposing a segment of line connecting the portion of the pickup roller 5 contacting a banknote P and a contacting portion 33 between the take-out roller 30 and the separation roller 31 as K1 a segment, of line connecting the center of rotary shaft of the take-out roller 30 and the center of the rotary shaft of the separation roller 31 as K2, and a straight line connecting the center of the rotary shaft of the separation roller 31 and the center of the rotary shaft of the swing arm 59 as K3, the segments of lines K1 and K2 are crossing at an angle of about 90°.
  • the direction of common tangent line of the take-out roller 30 and the separation roller 31 becomes the conveying direction of banknotes P. This is to make it easy to send banknotes P to the contacting portion 33 of the take-out roller 30 and the separation roller 31 and to suppress resistance applied to the banknote P returned by the separation roller 31 from piled up banknotes P.
  • the line segments K2 and K3 are also crossing at an angle of about 90°. This is to prevent the friction power generated in the separation portion 32 to give an effect to the pushing pressure of the separation roller 31.
  • the moment generated in the separation roller 31 by the friction force f acting on the surface of the separation roller 31 is balanced with a torque of the reverse motor 64 connected through a timing belt 63b. After all, it acts to the swing arm 59 as a force f' in the same size as the friction force f through the shaft 58.
  • the contacting pressure between the take-out roller 30 and the separation roller 31 is determined by a spring force of a spring 62 and its mounting position and becomes constant without subject to the effect of the friction force on the roller surface.
  • LO is a length of banknote P in the shorter direction (the length of conveying direction)
  • L1 is a distance between the center of the rotary shaft of the pickup roller 5 and the center of the rotary shaft of the take-out roller
  • L2 is a distance between the center of the rotary shaft of the take-out roller 30 and the center of the rotary shaft of the driver roller 34
  • L3 is a distance between the installed point of the first detector 76 and the center of the rotary shaft of the driver roller 34
  • L4 is a distance between the center of the rotary shaft 69 of the driver roller 34 and the installed point of the second detector 77
  • N is a pushing pressure in the contacting portion 33 between the take-out roller 30 and the separation roller 31.
  • Step S1 When the take-out of banknotes P starts, it is judged if there are banknotes P. to be taken out in the banknote supply portion 2 based on the output signal from the third detector 75 (Step S1). As a result of the judgment, when there are banknotes P to be taken out, the separation rollers 31 are driven to rotate in the reverse direction by the reverse motor 64 (Step S2). As the take-out rollers 30 are kept stopped at this time, the separation rollers 31 will not be rotated by a resisting force from the take-out rollers 30. Then, the take-out motor 41 and the pick-up motor 49 are drive to rotate (Step S3) and the take-out of banknotes P starts.
  • the controller 85 judges whether the front end of the first taken out banknote P passed the take-out rollers 30 and was detected by the second detector 77 (Step S4).
  • the take-out motor 41 and the pick-up motor 49 are stopped to run (Step S5).
  • the take-out roller 30 rotates the banknote P conveyed by the driver rollers 34 even when the take-out motor 41 stops to run and does not give resistance to the first banknote P as it has a built-in one-way clutch 30a.
  • the rear end of the banknote P comes off the pick-up rollers 5.
  • banknotes P when banknotes P are long and the front end of the first banknote P is still on the pickup rollers 5, it acts on the first banknote P as resistance.
  • the pushing pressure on the driver rollers 34 and the pinch rollers 35 is set larger than the pushing pressure of the pickup rollers 5 to banknotes P, the banknote P slips on the pickup rollers 5 and is conveyed.
  • the pickup rollers 5 act to the second banknote as a brake and the rotation of the banknote P is prevented. That is, the take-out of plural sheets of banknote P is prevented.
  • the controller 58 judges whether the rear end of the first banknote P being conveyed is detected by the second detector 77 (Step S7).
  • the controller 58 drives the take-out motor 41 to rotate in the reverse direction (Step S7).
  • the take-out rollers 30 is rotated in the reverse direction by the friction force with the separation rollers 31 which are rotating in the reverse direction as the take-out rollers 30 are mounted to the shaft 36 through the one-way clutch 30a. That is, the take-out rollers 30 and the separation rollers 31 are rotated slightly in the reverse direction.
  • the controller 85 controls the take-out motor 41 to rotate the take-out rollers 30 by a predetermined angle, that is, an angle that cannot divide 360°, for example 7°. With the rotation of the take-out rollers 30, the separation rollers 31 are rotated similarly by the predetermined angle.
  • the controller 85 stops the take-out motor 41 to run after rotating the take-out rollers 30 by a predetermined angle by controlling the take-out motor 41 (Step S8).
  • Step S9 judges whether the position of the swing arm 59 changes according to the output signals from the detectors 91 and 92 (Step S9) and if there is no change, proceeds to Step S10. If the position of the swing arm 59 changed, the controller 85 changes the driving current of the reverse motor 64 to an optimum value (Step S11) and proceeds to Step S10.
  • the control data table shown in FIG. 8 pre-storing optimum driving current values at 4 stage position of the swing arm 59 detected by the detectors 91 and 92; that is, diameters of the separation rollers 31 at 4 stages is stored in a memory (not shown) in the controller 85.
  • An optimum driving current value corresponding to the detection result of the detectors 91 and 92 is taken out of the control data table and the taken out driving current value is set as a driving current value of the reverse motor 64.
  • the explanation of the control data table is omitted here as it is described former referring to FIG. 8.
  • Step S10 the controller 85 discriminates whether there are banknotes P in the banknote supply portion 2 based on the output signal from the third detector 75.
  • the controller 85 returns to Step S3 and begins to take a second banknote P.
  • the separation roller 31 (the reverse motor 64) is stopped (Step S12). Thereafter, all motors are stopped to run and the take out operation is terminated.
  • the position of the swing arm 59 is detected (the diameter detection of the separation rollers 31 and if the position (the diameter) is not changed, the operation proceeds to the next banknote take-out step. If the position (the diameter) is changed, the motor 64 driving current value is changed to the pre-set value according to the detected position (the diameter) of the swing arm 59 and the operation proceeds to the next banknote take-out step.
  • the flowchart shown in FIG. 11 differs from the flowchart shown in FIG. 10 in that the processes in Steps S13-S15 are added between Step S8 and S9 in the flowchart in FIG. 10 and all others are the same as those shown in FIG. 10. The processes in Steps S13-S15 will be explained below.
  • Step S13 a sheet counter (not shown) that is a means to count the number of banknotes P taken out is increased by ⁇ +1 ⁇ .
  • Step S14 whether a count value of the sheet counter reaches a preset predetermined value is discriminated and if the count value is not a predetermined value, the operation proceeds to Step S10 and when the count value reaches a predetermined, proceeds to Step S15.
  • Step S15 after clearing the sheet counter to "0", the operation proceeds to Step S9.
  • the position of the swing arm 59 (the diameter of the separation roller 31) can be detected whenever a preset number of banknotes is taken out.
  • Step S9 when the change in the position of the swing arm 59 is detected in Step S9, whether the limit of the diameter of the separation roller 31 is exceeded is checked in Step S16. When this check finds that the limit is reached, the operation proceeds to Step S17. For example, when the diameter of the separation roller 31 reaches 21 mm as shown in the control data table in FIG. 8, operator is warned in Step 17 as the function of the separation roller 31 as the separation roller reaches the limit by the abrasion.
  • Step S9 when no change in the position of the swing arm 59 is detected in Step S9, the operation proceeds to Step S10.
  • FIG. 8A-FIG 8D The layouts of the rollers when the diameters of the separation rollers 31 become small are shown in FIG. 8A-FIG 8D.
  • the swing arm 59 is tilted with the supporting point 60 as the center corresponding to the reduced diameter of the separation roller 31.
  • the present invention is not limited to this but the resolutions for detecting change of diameter of the separation roller can be made more fine by increasing the number of detectors. The more the resolution is increased, the more the driving current value of the reverse motor can be set precisely and therefore, the separating state can be more stabilized.
  • the diameter change limit (the abrasion limit) of the separation rollers is detected, it is possible to inform operator of an exchange period of the separation rollers.
  • the swing arm 59 is adopted as a supporting member of the separation roller 31.
  • a horizontal lever that moves horizontally is usable if it moves following the change in the diameter of the separation roller.
  • FIG. 12 shows the construction of a banknote take-out apparatus that is a sheet take-out apparatus involved in the second embodiment.
  • This banknote take-out apparatus is constructed from the pickup rollers 5 and 5, the separation portion 32 and the conveying portion 37 likewise the above-stated first embodiment. These pickup rollers 5 and 5, the separation portion 32 and the conveying portion 37 are arranged in the vertical direction.
  • the separation portion 32 is provided with the take-out rollers 30 and 30.
  • the separation rollers (the reverse rollers) 31 and 31 are pushed against the take-out rollers 30 and 30.
  • the conveying portion 37 is located below the take-out rollers 30 and 30 and equipped with driver rollers 34 and 34 that are conveying rollers.
  • the driver rollers 34 and 34 are in contact with pinch rollers 35 and 35 that are conveying rollers.
  • Banknotes P are pulled out and conveyed by the driver rollers 34 and 34 and the pinch rollers 35 and 35.
  • One each of the pickup roller 5, the take-out roller 30, the separation roller 31, the driver roller 34 and the pinch roller 35 are provided at the left and right sides, respectively and banknotes P are taken out along the shorter direction.
  • a rubber layer 36b is formed on the peripheral surfaces of the take-out rollers 30 of the separation portion 32.
  • the take-out rollers 30 are attached to the shaft 36 through the one-way clutch 30a.
  • the take-out rollers 30 are capable of freely rotating in the banknote P take-out direction and reducing resistance when banknotes P are pulled out by the driver rollers 34 and the pinch rollers 35.
  • the shaft 36 is attached to the frames 39 through the bearings 38.
  • the take-out motor 41 is connected to one end of the shaft 36 through the pulley 40a, the timing belt 40b and the pulley 40c.
  • the one-way clutch 30a is provided to the take-out roller 30.
  • the take-out roller 30 may be fixed to the shaft 36 and the one-way clutch 30a is provided to the timing pulley 40a so as to be able to rotate between the shaft 36 and the pulley 40a.
  • the shaft 43 of the pickup roller 5 is connected to the shaft 46 through the pulley 45a, the timing belt 45b and the pulley 45c. Both ends of the shaft 46 are supported at the frames 39 and 39.
  • the pick-up motor 49 is connected to one end of the shaft 46, the pick-up motor 49 is connected through the pulley 48a, the timing belt 48b and the pulley 48c.
  • the shaft 43 is attached rotatably to the bracket 51, which is in turn attached to the bracket 53 through the shaft 52.
  • the bracket 53 is attached to the frames 39 and 39 through the shaft 46 so that it is enabled to rotate to the left and right. Between the bracket 51 and the stay 55, a compression spring 56 is provided. Thus, the pickup rollers 5 and 5 slightly change the positions to generate a uniform pushing force to the left and right against banknotes P.
  • the entire circumference of the separation roller 31 is formed with a rubber.
  • the rollers with a friction coefficient to banknotes P higher than a friction coefficient between banknotes P are used.
  • the separation roller 31 is mounted rotatably on the top of the swing arm 59 through the shaft 58.
  • the middle portion of the swing arm 59 is supported rotatably by the shaft 60 (not illustrated) that is a supporting portion.
  • the swing arm 59 is biased by a spring 62 (not illustrated) and pushes the separation roller 31 against the take-out roller 30.
  • the shaft 58 of the separation roller 31 is connected with a drive shaft 64a of a reverse motor 64 through a pulley 63a, a timing belt 63b and a pulley 63c.
  • the reverse motor 64 is rotated in the direction reverse to the take-out direction of banknotes P.
  • the separation roller 31 rotates in the take-out direction with the rotation of the take-out roller 30.
  • the reverse torque is always applied in the reverse direction and a separation force is generated to banknotes P.
  • the drive shaft 64a of the reverse motor 64 is provided with an encoder 65 that is a number of revolutions detecting means for detecting a number of revolutions (that is, the number of revolutions of the separation roller 31) of the drive shaft 64a.
  • the pitch diameter of the timing pulley 63a fixed to the shaft 58 of the separation roller 31 is the same as that of the timing pulley 63c attached to the drive shaft 64a of the reverse motor 64. Further, the reverse motor 64 is fixed to a stay 67 so that the shaft center of the shaft 60 of the swing arm 59 is positioned on the shaft center of the drive shaft 64a.
  • the driver rollers 34 are supported at the frames 39 and 39 through the shaft 69.
  • the shaft 69 is connected to a conveyor motor 71 through the pulley 70a, the timing belt 70b and the pulley 70c.
  • the pinch rollers 35 are rotatably supported at a shaft 73. Both ends of the shaft 73 are supported by a horizontal slit 39a of the frames 39 and 39 and compressed by a spring 74. By this compression, the pinch rollers 35 are pressed against the driver rollers 34 and generate the conveying force.
  • a first detector 76 is provided, which is a detecting means to detect banknotes P sent out by the take-out rollers 30 and the separation rollers 31.
  • a second detector 77 Near the carry-out side of the driver roller 34 and the pinch roller 35, there is provided a second detector 77 that is a second detecting means to detect banknotes P sent out by the driver rollers 34 and the pinch rollers 35.
  • the first and second detectors 76 and 77 are, for example, light transmission type sensors and attached to a bracket 79, respectively.
  • a third optical detector 75 is provided to detect whether there are banknotes P in the banknote supply portion 2.
  • the optical axis of the first detector 76 passes through the conveying path between the contacting portion of the take-out roller 30 with the separation roller 31 and the contacting portion of the driver roller 34 with the pinch roller 35.
  • the optical axis of the second detector 77 passes through the conveyor path immediately after the contacting portion of the driver roller 34 with the pinch roller 35.
  • Drivers 81, 82 and 83 are connected to the take-out motor 41, the pick-up 49 and the conveyor motor 71, respectively. These drivers 81, 82 and 83 are connected to a controller 85, respectively. Further, the intermittent drive control is required for the take-out motor 41 and the pick-up motor 49 and a pulse motor is used for this purpose.
  • Drivers 89a and 89b are connected to the left and right reverse motors 64, respectively.
  • the drivers 89a and 89b are connected to the controller 85 that is a control means of these drivers.
  • the reverse motor 64 is a DC motor capable of controlling driving current and a required generating torque is obtained by setting a driving current value.
  • a driving amplifier 90 is connected to the first and second detectors 76 and 77, and detects the passage of banknotes P and sends this information to the controller 85.
  • FIG. 13 shows the details of the encoder 65 and the layout of the rollers in the banknote take-out apparatus.
  • the separation roller 31 is mounted rotatably on the top of the swing arm 59 through the shaft 58.
  • the middle portion of the swing arm 59 is supported rotatably by the shaft 60 that is a supporting portion located on the same straight line as the center of the rotary shaft of the separation roller 31.
  • the swing arm 59 is biased by the spring 62 and pushes the separation roller 31 against the take-out roller 30.
  • the encoder 65 is attached to the drive shaft 64a of the reverse motor 64 on the same axis of the shaft 60 as stated above. That is, the encoder 65 is composed of a disc shape slit plate 95 fixed to the drive shaft 64a of the reverse motor 64 and a detector 96 to optically detect many slit holes 95a provided at a definite space on the periphery portion of the slit plate.
  • the encoder 65 it becomes possible to detect the number of revolutions of the drive shaft 64a of the reverse motor 64.
  • the shaft 68 of the separation roller 31 is connected to the drive shaft 64a of the reverse motor 64 through the pulley 63a, the timing belt 63b and the pulley 63c as shown in FIG. 2. Therefore, the detection of the number of revolutions of the drive shaft 64 does mean to detect the number of revolutions of the shaft 58 of the separation roller 31.
  • the change in the diameter of the separation roller 31 can be detected by detecting the change in the number of revolutions of the separation roller 31. Then, when a control data table shown in FIG. 8 is prepared, optimum drive current values of the motor 64 at respective stages of the diameters of the separation roller 31 are determined in advance. And when an optimum drive current is supplied from the control data table corresponding to the detection result of the detector 96, an optimum separation condition can be maintained even when the diameter of the separation roller 31 is changed. In other words, even if the separation roller 31 is worn away, it becomes possible to take out sheets one by one stably and certainly for an extended period by changing the reverse torque of the separation roller 31.
  • Step S1 When the take-out of banknotes P starts, it is discriminated as to whether there are banknotes P to be taken out in banknote supply portion 2 based on the output signal from the third detector 75 (Step S1). As a result of this discrimination, when there are banknotes P, the separation roller 31 is driven to rotate in the reverse direction by the reverse motor 64 (Step S2). At this time, the take-out roller 30 is kept stopped and therefore, the separation roller 31 does not rotate according to a resisting force received from the take-out roller 30. Thereafter, the take-out motor 41 and the pick-up motor 49 are driven to rotate (Step S3) and the banknote P take-out starts.
  • the controller 85 discriminates whether the front end of a taken-out first banknote P passes through the take-out roller 30 and is detected by the second detector 77 (Step S4).
  • the controller 85 detects the number of revolutions of the separation roller 31 based on the output signal from the detector 96 comprising the encoder 65 (Step S16). This detected number of revolutions is stored in a memory (not illustrated).
  • the controller 85 stops the take-out motor 41 and the pick-up motor 49 to run (Step S6).
  • the take-out motor 30 has the built-in one-way clutch 30a, even when the take-out motor 41 is stopped, the take-out roller 41 rotates jointly with a banknote P conveyed by the driver roller 34 and does not give resistance to a first banknote P.
  • the front end of the first banknote P reaches the second detector 77, the rear end of the banknote P comes off the pickup roller 5.
  • banknotes P when banknotes P are long and the rear end of a first banknote P is still on the pickup- roller 5, it acts on the first sheet of banknote P as resistance.
  • the pushing pressure of the driver roller 34 and the pinch roller 35 is set larger than the pushing pressure on the pickup roller 5 to the banknotes P, the banknote P is conveyed by slipping on the pickup roller 5.
  • the pickup roller 5 acts as a brake to the second ban P and prevents the banknotes P from being taken out.
  • the controller 85 discriminates whether the second detector 77 detects the rear end of the first banknote P being conveyed (Step S6).
  • the controller 85 drives the take-out motor 41 in the reverse direction (Step S7).
  • the take-out motor 30 is attached to the shaft 36 through the one-way clutch 30a, the take-out roller 30 is rotated in the reverse direction by a friction force with the separation roller 31 that is rotating in the reverse direction. That is, both the take-out roller 30 and the separation roller 31 are rotated in the reverse direction.
  • the controller 85 control the drive of the take-out motor 41 to rotate the take-out roller 30 by a prescribed angle, that is, an angle that cannot divide 360°, for example, 7°. With the rotation of the take-out roller 30, the separation roller 31 is also rotated by the prescribed angle.
  • the controller 85 stops the drive of the take-out motor 41 after rotating the take-out roller 30 by a prescribed able by controlling the drive of the take-out motor 41 (Step S8).
  • the controller 85 checks whether there is a change in the number of revolutions of the separation roller 31 by comparing the number of revolutions of the separation roller 31 detected this time in Step S16 with the number of revolutions of the separation roller 31 detected previously and stored in a memory (not shown) (Step S9).
  • Step S10 the controller 85 changes the drive current value of the reverse motor 64 to an optimum value (Step S11) and the operation proceeds to Step S10. Further, the method for changing the drive current value of the reverse motor 64 in Step S11 can be the same as that explained in the first embodiment using the control data table shown in FIG. 8.
  • Step S10 the controller 85 discriminates if there are banknotes P in the banknote supply portion 2 based on the output signal from the third detector 75.
  • Step S3 the separation roller 31 (the reverse motor 64) is stopped (Step S12). Thereafter, all motors are stopped and the take-out operation is terminated.
  • detecting the number of revolutions of the separation roller 31 (detecting the diameter of the separation roller 31) after taking out one sheet of banknote P, proceed to the next banknote take-out step if the number of revolutions (the diameter) was not changed. If the number of revolutions of the separation roller 31 was changed, changing the driving current value of the reverse motor 64 to the preset driving current value according to the number of revolutions, proceed to the next banknote take-out step.
  • FIG. 15 differs from the flowchart 14 show in FIG. 14 in that the processes in Steps S13-S15 are added between the steps S8 and S9 and all others are the same as FIG. 14. The processes in Step S13-S15 will be explained below.
  • Step S13 add ⁇ + 1 ⁇ to a sheet counter (not illustrated) that is a means to count the number of sheets of banknote P taken out.
  • Step 514 discriminating whether a count value of the number of sheet counter becomes a preset prescribed value, proceed to Step S10 if the count value is not the prescribed value and proceed to Step S15 if the count value is the prescribed value.
  • Step S15 after clearing the number of sheet counter to "0", proceed to Step S9.
  • Step S9 the diameter of the separation roller 31 is checked if it exceeds the limit in Step S16. As a result of this check, if the diameter reached the limit, proceed to Step S17.
  • the diameter of the separation roller 31 reaches 21 mm as shown in the control data table in FIG. 8, it is regarded the function as the separation roller 31 reaches the limit by abrasion and an alarm is given to operator in Step S17.
  • Step S9 when the number of revolutions of the separation roller 31 is not changed in Step S9, proceed to Step S10.
  • banknotes P can be taken out one by one stably and certainly for an extended period.
  • revolutions to detect changes in the number of revolutions of the separation roller 31 can be made more fine by increasing the number of slit holes 95a of the slit plate 95 comprising the encoder 65. With the increase of resolutions, the more finely the driving current values of the reverse motor 64 can be set more finely, and the separation state can be more stabilized.
  • the limit for the number of revolutions of the separation roller 31 that is, the limit for changes in the diameter of the separation roller 31 (the abrasion limit) is detected, an alarm is output to the operation portion. As a result, it becomes possible to inform operator of an exchange period of the separation roller 31.
  • the detection of the number of revolutions of the separation roller 31 by detecting the number of revolutions of the drive shaft 64a of the reverse motor 64 is explained.
  • the present invention is not limited to this practice but it is also applicable to directly detect the number of revolutions of the separation roller 31 by the encoder 65. In this case, for example, it is advisable to install the encoder 65 to the shaft 58 of the separation roller 31.
  • a sheet take-out apparatus capable of taking out sheets one by one stably and certainly for an extended period can be provided.
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